Goede zorg voor kinderen met kanker en hun ouders, een zorgethische beschouwing

Abstract

In this article we present a care ethical perspective on care for children and their parents in which the connectedness between parent and child is emphasised. This relational perspective differs from an informed consent perspective in which individualism seems to be dominant. Professional care needs moral sensitivity in dealing with issues of giving information, hope and trust. Respecting autonomy, giving hope and ensuring trust get meaning in a dialogical caring process. In this paper we make use of the results of a qualitative empirical study about young children with cancer in a university hospital in the Netherlands.